MBA – Master’s Degree in Sports Management (100% online) with a strong professional and international focus. Since it first began it has enjoyed the support of many sports industry experts, who have defined the training needed for successfully and responsibly managing institutions in fast-changing environments around the world.

During the master's degree course, students are taught by experts in important positions in the sector, who will transmit their experience and give a view of the cutting edge of the profession.

During the course students will have access to three optional study trips:

At the start of the course, a week in Madrid to meet their classmates and professors and the professionals of Real Madrid.

During the course, “White Week” in Madrid, with meetings with managers of the different departments of the Club.

A trip to New York, a globally relevant location for the sports industry, which will be fundamental for enriching and expanding students' understanding of different management models.

The trips are designed to be educational and to extend students' learning “in situ”, including classes, lectures and visits to sports venues. With the distance study mode, the trips are optional. Accommodation and travel costs are not included in the price, and the trip to New York will require an additional enrollment fee of €1,000.

Alumni testimonial

“The MBA stands out for its academic quality and top level professors. It gave me the chance to combine everything I learned in a realistic and modern environment. The quality of the teaching is extraordinary”

87% of our students would study with us again and graduate with the same degree

Title of the final qualification

On completing the Master's Degree, students will receive the official title of Máster Universitario MBA en Dirección de Entidades Deportivas from Universidad Europea de Madrid.
The Real Madrid Graduate School – Universidad Europea is a Universidad Europea de Madrid school empowered to award the University's private degrees, in accordance with Article 34 of the Organic Law on Universities. It also collaborates in the teaching of accredited degrees, as scheduled in the curriculum.

Institution responsible for the qualification

School of Sports Science

ECTS Credits

60 ECTS credits.

Language in which it is taught

Spanish and English

Teaching type

Classroom-based in Spanish and English and online in English

Specializations

There are four areas of specialization, of which students must choose three.

Master’s Graduate Students

Upon completion of the program, students will receive their Máster Universitario en Dirección de Entidades Deportivas MBA (MBA - Master’s Degree in Sports Management) from Universidad Europea de Madrid.

Duration

60 ECTS, Starting in October and ending in June

Internship

May 2016 - Marz 2017

Schedule

Online.

Location

Virtual Campus.

Methodology

Online teaching methodology is the training of the future and one of the best tools for learning. In this case, students have a faculty working with them in real time on the platform. We have top-level teaching staff who provide continuous support through all the subjects on the course. The online training does not ignore the need for and importance of relationships between people; as well as course work, the methodology evaluates participation in regular seminars and in different group activities and teamwork. This makes it the ideal method for developing all the abilities and skills to be expected of an MBA.

Fee

€9,500

Optional Trips

This Master’s Degree offers three optional trips:

During the first week of each program, to meet and get to know the professors and the other students.

Usually in February but always subject to confirmation, ‘White Week’ (Semana Blanca) in Madrid, consisting of meetings with the Club’s directors.

Usually before Easter, the trip to New York including visits and meetings with leading sports figures in the United States.

In all cases, travel and accommodation expenses shall be paid by the student. The New York trip has an additional cost of €1,050.

Academic Excellence

The Graduate School follows a teaching model based on academic excellence, daily practice and commitment to new technology, and this has been recognized by the most prestigious quality certifications.

Degrees adapted to the European Higher Education Area

The creation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) means that university degree programs in every country in Europe guarantee equivalent academic programs, including immediate recognition of PhDs and Master's Degrees (professional and specialist) anywhere in Europe, mobility between countries and lifelong learning.

Private Degrees

The School also offers Master's Degrees and Certificate Courses, Universidad Europea private degrees adapted to the specific needs of the world of work, for perfecting professional skills.

Personalized Training

Students are given personalized classes in small groups and complete their learning with the support of a mentor, enabling them to get the most from their training and develop their full potential.

Alumni

Our commitment to our students does not end when they graduate. Through Alumni, former Postgraduate School students can keep up to date with everything Universidad Europea continues to offer them as a professional partner: job offers, special training, conferences, networking events, etc.

Universidad Europea de Madrid Quality Assurance System (SGIC)

The Universidad Europea de Madrid has designed its Internal Quality Assurance System according to the directives of Spain's National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA), as a structural basis to ensure the quality of the new accredited degrees, in line with the quality directives of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and Organic Law 4/2007, of 12 April, amending Organic Law 6/2001, of 21 December, on Universities.

Material Resources available for the course

NetUEM: The aim of the Universidad Europea de Madrid is to boost the use of information and communication technologies on all its degree programs as a means of supporting and complementing teaching practice. The use of a Virtual Campus, developed on the Moodle platform as a complementary tool for working, increases the options for distributing knowledge and for communications between students and professors, making it easier to provide personalized attention and monitoring through virtual tutoring sessions, encouraging independent learning, enhancing student skills such as searching for and organizing information, planning and the capacity for debate.

The Online Campus is integrated into the UEM's academic management system, which means that all teachers who have uploaded courses to it have automatic access to a virtual space on the Moodle platform associated with each course. Also, every student enrolled in a degree program will be linked in with the courses they have signed up for on the Online Campus.

Using the Online Campus to provide students with documents in electronic format, to enable students to submit assignments in an organized and timely manner, to communicate with students on a particular course in a fast and efficient way and to carry out individual and group tasks (wikis, forums, chats, queries, etc.), enables teachers to perform their role in a fast and dynamic way and to establish an alternative means of communicating with students outside the classroom.

Throughout this process, teachers are provided with institutional support, with access to class-based and online training courses. Each faculty also has a mentor who can advise and help teachers with matters such as technical aspects of using the platform and adapting their subject matter to the virtual environment.

During their time in Madrid, students can use the classrooms, computer rooms and auditorium of the Alcobendas campus.

As well as the classrooms and lecture halls, there are meeting rooms for independent and group work and a computer room which is available for students to use at any time during campus working hours.

This cutting-edge campus, on a 13,000 square meter plot, has a capacity of 3,000 people and is equipped with the latest technology applied to the transmission of ideas and knowledge, in an exceptional location:

The nerve center of the North Madrid Business Park, one of the most strategically important business areas in Spain, and undoubtedly a major source of employment in the near future.

It has excellent road links to the center of Madrid (just a 15 minute drive from Plaza de Castilla) and to Barajas Airport (13 minutes way), and plenty of parking space.

The course also has access to the infrastructure of the other campuses of Universidad Europea de Madrid, which are described below.

Villaviciosa de Odón Campus

The Villaviciosa campus has four buildings equipped with all the facilities you will need to make the most of your studies: classrooms, tutoring rooms, simulation rooms, computer rooms, radio and television studios with the latest technology, workshops, architecture classrooms and research laboratories. It has a Sports Complex which has specialized rooms and areas for practicing different disciplines, and cutting-edge laboratories for studying motor skills, exercise physiology and the biomechanics of movement.

To ensure that people with disabilities are able to access the facilities, amenities and services, regardless of the nature of their disability, improvements have been carried out to progressively remove all architectural and communication barriers.

Material Resources and Service

Teh Dulce Chacón Library: The library of the Universidad Europea de Madrid is a learning resource center, the mission of which is to provide all members of the university community with a high quality service that meets their training, information and documentation needs in the undertaking of their activities. It currently has 80,000 volumes in its bibliographic collection, a periodical collection with 1,100 titles, an audiovisual collection with 3,400 videos and DVDs, 780 reading stations and a digital library that covers the different areas of knowledge. Furthermore, the Dulce Chacón Library web page is now fully accessible to all users. It has Level AAA Conformance to WAI Web Accessibility Guidelines.

The University Sports Complex (Villaviciosa de Odón Campus): The university's most cutting edge facilities are at the Villaviciosa campus, where it has 14,000 m2 of sports facilities, reflecting the importance given to the educational value of sport. The facilities include: fitness room, heated pool, multi-sports pavilion, tennis courts, football pitch with artificial turf, athletics track, etc.

The Laboratories: The university has laboratories where students carry out practical research projects related to each of their specialist subjects. The laboratories are equipped with the instruments and IT equipment needed to meet the demands associated with each of the practical objectives of each training program.

The UEM Lab: At the UEM, English as a second language is a key part of the training we offer our students. One of the main learning tools is the UEM Lab, equipped with an advanced multimedia system that enables students to quickly improve their English language skills and allows for personalized monitoring of students' progress, which is complemented with classroom lessons, tutorials and complementary activities. Students also have access to a wide range of extracurricular English language activities which are offered periodically over the course of the academic year.

What makes the course unique

Our professors are primarily top-level professionals such as directors and executives. As well as a source of practical knowledge, they are important contacts for the students' future careers.

The study trips offer contact with leading professionals in the sector and top-level meetings where they can compare and share their impressions.

The involvement of professionals from Real Madrid, who are leaders in their field. During "White Week" they will have sessions at the Club's facilities (Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and Ciudad Deportiva) with the top executives of Real Madrid.

The experience of previous courses enables us to set the Master's Degree at an advanced level, selecting the best professionals and the most suitable content, as well as an extensive portfolio of former students who are increasingly hiring or offering internships to students from subsequent years.

Through different activities we will encourage them to be enterprising, both by developing new business ideas and by innovating in the present jobs.

Latest improvements

Some of the most significant improvements introduced in recent editions of the Master's Degree include:

More personalized monitoring of the individual work of each student.

An emphasis on the student's capacity for enterprise, with real projects to take part in.

Development of more group activities to reinforce collaborative learning and students' confidence in their own possibilities.

More companies collaborating in the internship programs.

A wider range of internship options abroad.

Reinforced specific access to sources relating to sports management in our library. Hands-on lessons on searching for information and using software to deal with bibliography.

Regulated professions to which the course leads

The knowledge area of sports management is not subject to any specific professional regulations apart from those applicable to management in general.

Career Opportunities

The careers linked to this specialization are in companies relating to sports, in areas such as:

Sports entertainment.

Multi-sport events.

Sports and exercise services (sport for all).

Sports academies.

Fitness/wellness chains.

Clubs

Federations.

Athlete representation.

Sports equipment multinationals.

Sports infrastructure multinationals.

Multinationals which invest heavily in sports sponsorship.

Job seeking for graduates

Advice and extracurricular training for actively seeking jobs and for entrepreneurs

The Career and Placement Office offers students of the School the following services:

Personalized guidance in achieving their strategic career plan and creating their personal brand.

Events to enhance networking among students, entrepreneurs, companies/institutions and selection consultancies (meetings with businesses, professional breakfasts, professional conferences, companies in the classroom, information on competitions and awards for entrepreneurial initiatives, etc.).

The Universidad Europea de Madrid Entrepreneurs Club, which helps to bring students and graduate entrepreneurs together by holding meetings and networking events focused on offering help and guidance for developing new business ideas.

Internship application procedure:

1st. Students must ensure they are enrolled in the internship course. Once they are enrolled in the course, they will be assigned an internship advisor who will supervise them during their time in the company.

2nd. They must attend the meetings where they will be given information about the internships and introduced to their internship adviser.

3rd. They must attend the mandatory professional orientation sessions at the GOE, where they will be given information on creating a winning resume and dealing with selection processes. These meetings will be coordinated by the course coordinator.

NOTE: Students who prefer to choose their own internships must follow these steps: a) Contact the internship adviser to confirm whether the internship meets the educational goals of your course. b) If this is confirmed, the adviser will contact the company to agree on the details and provide contact information to the GOE so that the department can process the necessary documentation.

Number of new places offered

For classroom-based modes of study, 25 places are available per group (25 junior in Spanish, 25 junior in English, 25 senior in Spanish and 25 senior in English), and there can be more than one group in each mode if there is sufficient demand. For the online study mode, there are 30 places in each intake (October and May) and there can be more than one group in each period if there is sufficient demand.

Entrance requirements.

To be admitted to a Master's Degree course, students must comply with the admission requirements established in R.D. 861/2010:

Hold an accredited qualification from a Spanish university or a further education institution belonging to another State in the European Higher Education Area qualifying them for admittance to Master's Degrees.

Hold a degree from an education system outside the European Higher Education Area without requiring recognition of their degree, once the University has verified that they can accredit a level of education and training equivalent to the corresponding Spanish accredited degrees and which qualify the holder for admittance to graduate courses in the issuing country. Access by this route will not mean that the academic qualifications already held by the interested party are approved as equivalent or recognized for purposes other than acceptance onto a Master's Degree course.

Admissions Process

Period

The admissions process for the programs of the Universidad Europea Real Madrid Graduate School usually takes place six months before the start of the course. During this period, all the candidate selection and registration processes will be completed, until the places are filled.

The two periods for starting the program will be October and May.

For personalized advice, students can go to our either of our campuses (Alcobendas or Villaviciosa de Odón), phone us on 91 740 72 72, or email us at postgrado@universidadeuropea.es where you will be attended by Graduate Admissions personnel. If calling from outside Spain, the phone number is (+34) 917 407 272.

Process and requirements

Before enrolling for the first time at the Universidad Europea, students are sent all the information they need on the entry and enrollment process, the course curriculum, academic fees and study grants. This information is available through the informational material of each degree, the admission regulations and the Master's Degree Teaching Guide, without prejudice to all the information shown on the website of Universidad Europea de Madrid and Universidad Europea Real Madrid Graduate School.

Students can ask to visit either of the University' campuses and to have personal interviews with Admissions personnel or with the directors of the Master's Degree.

Students enrolling for the first time at UEM follow the procedure established by the university, as follows:

Personalized advice

After the application with the documentation required for each case has been presented and verified by the admissions service, students will be invited for individual interviews with the professor in charge of the course they will take.

Universidad Europea de Madrid requires a personal interview before admission, and where applicable, evaluates the academic record, in order to assess elements relating to the academic and professional success of each student and detect their specific training needs.

During the interview there will be a non-selective English test, in line with the language skills required in each mode of study.

All students admitted after the selection process receive a letter from the university, informing them of admission to the degree program course for which they passed the entrance exam.

Formal reservation of a place and enrollment.

Following this process, the student will apply to the University's admissions department for admission to the Master's Degree in question. The application documentation will be sent to the department, which will check whether the student meets the requirements for entrance, if certain elements of their careers or academic records can be recognized, and if applicable, whether they can accredit the education needed to enter the relevant degree course.

The favorable report by the Director of the Master's Degree is sent to the University's Graduate Studies Committee which will issue admission to the relevant Master's Degree, for which the student will attend the interview established as the entry test, and if this is passed, enrollment in the Registrar's Office.

Admission to the Master's Degree will not alter in any way the academic or professional qualifications already held by the interested party, nor their recognition for purposes other than acceptance onto a Master's Degree course.

Requirements

To be admitted to a Master's Degree course, students must comply with the admission requirements established in R.D. 861/2010:

Hold an accredited Spanish degree or one issued by a higher education institution belonging to another member State of the European Higher Education Area, which entitles them to be admitted to Master's Degree courses.

Hold a degree from an education system outside the European Higher Education Area without requiring recognition of their degree, once the University has verified that they can accredit a level of education and training equivalent to the corresponding Spanish accredited degrees and which qualify the holder for admittance to graduate courses in the issuing country. Admission in these circumstances will in no way imply recognition of the previous degree held by the interested party, nor its recognition for purposes other than admittance to a Master's Degree course.

Demonstrate a suitable level of English for the chosen mode of study, to be assessed in a personal interview

Criteria for admission

As a general guide, the table below shows the criteria for admission to the Master's Degree:

CRITERIA

WEIGHTING

Individual candidate interview with the director(s) of the program

25%

Candidate's cover letter

15%

Candidate's professional experience in the sports management sector

15%

Scientific production in the field of sports management (publications in journals of impact, participation in conferences, etc.)

15%

Candidate's academic record

10%

Complementary training in the field of sports management

5%

Good level of English. For this, the student will be interviewed by the director (level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference). There are other acceptable options for accrediting the level of English. These options consist of having passed one of the following exams:

Cambridge University Preliminary English Test (PET)

IELTS 4.0

London Test of English level 1

BULATS 2

BEC 1

ISE 1

GESE 5 and 6

15%

Transfer and recognition of credits:

In order to foster effective student mobility within Spain and abroad, the University, according to its internal regulations and the relevant legislation, will evaluate credits proposed for transfer and recognition, in view of the student's transcript and official academic documents referring to the official courses taken. This can be requested via the Universidad Europea de Madrid website.

For these purposes, a credit transfer means that the official accrediting documents of the courses taken by each student will include all the credits obtained on accredited courses previously taken in this or another university, which have not led to the subsequent qualification being awarded.

Also, credit recognition means that the University accepts credits which, having been obtained by the student in official studies, in this or in another university, for other official studies for the purposes of obtaining an accredited degree.

In accordance with the relevant legislation, private degrees from universities and accredited professional experience can also be recognized in the form of credits, and will count towards obtaining an accredited degree, provided that this experience relates to the competencies inherent in that degree, to a maximum of 15% of the credits making up the curriculum. In no case can a graduation project be recognized.

All the credits obtained by a student in accredited learning in any university, those transferred, recognized and passed to obtain the corresponding qualification, will be included on his/her transcript and reflected in the European Diploma Supplement.

Through the Graduate Committee, the University will evaluate the student's file, accredited qualifications, private degrees or professional experience, and depending on the course curriculum and specific subjects with equivalents in the competencies, content and dedication of the student, determine whether they can be recognized.

Information for enrolled students

Before the academic year officially begins, all the new students enrolled for the first academic year receive notification of the date, time and place of an introduction and welcome session for their degree course, attended by the directors of the Master's Degree and representatives of the school's senior academic directors and Academic Coordinator, who will give them useful information for beginning their university activities. Also, this first session of the Master's Degree will include a presentation and explanation of the course curriculum, in terms of its goals, learning methods and forms of evaluation, teaching resources and facilities.

After enrolling, students are offered ways to become part of campus life and enjoy the services the University offers to its students. In the first days of the academic year, there are information stands on campus, offering all university students general written and spoken information on the services on and around the campus.

Graduate students are continuously supported and monitored by the University through contact with the Student Affairs department, the Academic Coordinator and Academic Directors, and especially with the Directors of the Master's Degree, who act as personal mentors to the students throughout the course.

During the course, students are also kept informed on all the extracurricular activities going on in and around the University by email, the news forums of the Virtual Campus and the noticeboards on campus.

Student rules

Cutting-edge programs

Each year all the programs are revised and more than 30 new graduate courses are introduced, including new Certificate Courses which meet the needs of the job market, adapted to suit the real world of work and at the cutting edge of each profession.

A drive to innovate

Training in Certificate Courses is complemented by skills workshops, seminars with top-ranking professionals, and current case studies with excellent facilities for the necessary practical work.

We foster research

The Graduate School enhances students' research skills with the Certificate Course final projects.

Partner companies

Internship agreements with public and private bodies

As well as Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, students enrolled in the Master's Degree will have the opportunity to take an internship in some of the following bodies: